Type-writing machine.



Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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A. W. SMITH. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV- 14. me.

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rarnnr ornron ASSIGNOR TO REMINGTON TYPEWRITER LION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITING- MACHINE.

Original application filed April 8, 1915, Serial No. 19,871. Divided and this application filed Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

November 14,

1916. Serial No. 131,201.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W'. SMITH, citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city of New ork, in the county of New York and State have invented certain new useful Improvements in Type-VVriting chines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in paper controlling devices for type writing machines, and more particularly to differential or denominational side age mechanism, the principal object of the invention being to provide new and improved mechanism of the character specified.

To the above and other ends my present invention consists in the features of construction, combinations of devices and arrangements of parts, hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

. he present application is a division of my prior application Sr. No. 19,871, filed April 8, 1915.

The preferred form of the invention has Remington front and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view showing the carriage of the machine with my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary end view t e upper part of the said machine.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken showing on a plane indicated by the dotted line :0 .r

in Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detail views of the denominational side gage mechanism, Fig. 4 being a front elevation thereof, Fig. a plan view partly in section, and Fig. perspective view of a part hereinafter referred to as a friction plate.

eferring to Figs. 1 and 2, the main frame of the machine is shown as comprising a top /'plate 3, from which rise fixed lugs or standards 4 and 5 whereto are attached front and rear grooved guide rails 6 and 7, which respectively coiiperate through anti-friction balls 8 with the front bar 9 and rear bar 10 of a rectangular carriage frame or truck,

hich further comprises connecting end bars Journaled in the end bars is the axle 12 of a platen 13, said platen being equipped with line spacing mechanism of emington construction, comprising a ratchet wheel 66 operatively connected to the right-hand end of the platen.

arranged inside the end bars 11 and con nected under the platen by a cross bar 84. The bars 83 and cross bar 84 constitute a frame which is rigid with the main part of the carriage frame. A paper apron 92 cut sections is mounted on blocks 93 which bear 81. The forward end portion of the apron 92 is provided with a wire frame or extension 95 so that when the apron is moved away from the platen during the feed roller releasing operation, as ex plained in my prior application aforesaid, the frame 95 cotiperates with the platen to provide a wide opening or throat through which sheets may be readily introduced from the front. A. paper table 123 of ordinary construction extends the full length of the platen at the rear side thereof. Adjustably mounted on the table 123 its left-hand side is a side edge gage 131. This gage is in a vertical plane and is provided with an angular extension or tongue 132 which slidably engages in a grooved track 133 riveted to the upper face of the table 123. The construction is such that the gage or guide lengthwise of the platen. It is intended to coiiperate with sheets, introduced at the rear of the platen, such as wide record sheets.

paper controlling or pressure bail is provided, which is supported on ears 134 rigidly mounted on the front bar of the carriage and perforated to receive pintles 135 at the ends of a square rod or rock shaft 136.

ordinary Fixed to said square shaft near its ends and projecting rearward are arms 137 to the end portions of which are pivoted at 138 ears 139 rigid with supplementary arms 14:0 which curve upward and rearward and are connected at their free ends by a round rod or bar 141. Adjustably mounted on the rod 141 are rubber covered pressure rolls 1 12 which cooperate with the front upper portion of the platen to hold the paper above the printing line. The detailed construction and operation of the bail are described and explained in my said application Serial. No. 19,871.

The two-part bail frame, among other purposes, provides a support for denominational or variable side gage devices, to which my present divisional application more particularly relates. Said devices are mounted at the left end of the main part of the bail frame, being supported on a bar or platelike arm 170 which is arranged just inside the left-hand arm 137 and extends rearward parallel therewith. The forward end of the bar or support 170 is notched or slotted to fit over the square shaft 136 while the rear end of said bar is fixed to said arm 137 by a headed screw 171 which passes transversely through the arm 137 and is threaded into the bar 170. The construction is such that the arm 170 is held in rigid relationship with the arm 137 and the frame of which it is a part. The bar 170 terminates at or near the left of the platen and of the paper apron so that the rear portion of said bar 170 may act as a side gage. In addition the bar provides a support for a plurality or set of variably scttable gages, three in the present instance, although of course the number may be varied. Said gages or which are arranged side by side are in the form of slides, blades or bars 172, 173 and 17 of a thickness corresponding to the distance of a letter space movement of the carriage. Said blades, as will be best understood from Figs. 3 and 5, are slotted as indicated at 17 5 to receive two headed screws 176 which pass leftward through the slots 175 and are threaded into the bar 17 0, thus slidably securing said blades 172, 173 and 174k to the bar or support 170. The blades 17 2-47 1 may be moved or slid backward and forward along the supporting screws 176 and in substantial vertical planes transverse of the platen to an extent limited by the ends of the slots 17 5 which are adapted to engage with said screws to limit such movement. This slidable movement is for the purpose of moving said blades, gages or devices 17 2174c into and out of operative position. The relationship of said gages or slides in respect to each other, considered lengthwise of the platen, never varies, however, but always remains constant as does devices,

also their relationship to the platen, considered lengthwise thereof. In order to prevent the slides or blades from being accidentally displaced after they have once been set, it is preferred to provide devices in the form of friction plates 177 and which, when made, are slightly bent or curved (Fig. 6). These plates or devices are arranged between the slides and are themselves prevented from sliding movements by the screws 176 which pass through round holes 17 S in said plates. It will be understood that when the plates are flattened out by tightening the screws 176, they will take up all looseness in the slides and will exert sufficient friction to prevent accidental movement thereof while allowing a ready back and forth adjustment of said slides. Such adjustments are conveniently accomplished by means of keys or finger pieces in the form of cylindrical buttons 179 suitably secured to the tops of the slides. In order not to interfere with each other the buttons are spaced apart lengthwise of the slides, the middle button being at the middle of its slide and the other two buttons at opposite ends of their respective slides. Preferably the tops of the buttons are provided with indicating marks, the right-hand button in the present instance being marked 1, the middle button 10, and the left-hand button 100. These three slides, together with the rear end portion of.

the bar 170, constitute a variable side gage which is intended to cooperate with work sheets or paper which may be introduced either at the front side or if desired, as may sometimes occur, at the rear side of the platen. The slidable gages are separately effective to position denominationally the work sheet with which they cooperate so that said sheet may be variably positioned widthwise in any one of a plurality of denominational positions. In the character of work, for example, which is referred to at length in my prior application aforesaid, said work sheet is front fed and is in the form of acheck which is adapted to overlie a wide record sheet, which is fed in from the back in cooperation with the gage 131. The checks by the aid of the denominational side gage may be variably positioned, with the result that while the entries on successive checks, whatever their denomination, may always be begun close to the dollar mark on the check, they will nevertheless properly be entered denominationally in a single column on the underlying main sheet. This result will follow because while the main sheet remains in an unvarying position lengthwise of the platen, each successive check as it is entered in the machine may be varied denominationally in position according to the amount to be written on it, such variation being effected by setting the proper one of the slides in operative position spect to one end of the platen that when in and gaging the check by it. In tiis connecoperative position the throwing-off of the tion it will be borne in mind that the thickpaper apron or UldQ Wlll open a throat or ness or width of each slide is equal to a letway for the introduction of the work sheet ter space movement of the carriage. For or check which may be front-fed with its example, assumingall of the slides tobe left edge cooperative with the selected de set in rearmost position, as in Fig. 1, they nominational gage; and that the denominaw1ll be allowed to remain in this position tional gage mechanism is equally effective 1f the amount on the first check is in units for cooperation with a work sheet that is of dollars. If the amount of the second introduced at the rear side of the platen and check is in tens of dollars, the 1 slide is pushed or fed forward to the front. drawn forward out of operative position, as arious changes may be made without deshown by the dotted lines in Fig. 5, leaving parting from my invention.

the 10 slide efiective so that the second hat I claim as new and desire to secure check will be positioned one unit space to by Letters Patent, is:

the left of the first check; While if the 1. In atypewriting machine, the combina- 89 amount is in hundreds of dollars the 10 tion of a platen, and denominational side slide is also drawn forward, leaving the gage devices, said devices being arranged in slide effective. An entry in thousands a permanent group and spaced a predeterleaving the rear end portion of the bar operate with the side edge of the paper as it to act as a side gage. Greater amounts is ed over the platen to provide for a variawill of course require the employment of tion in the relationship between the paper additional slides. and the platen.

In order to facilitate the movement of the 2. In a typewriting machine, the combina- 90 slides or blades forward out of operative potion of a platen, a set of denominational side sition the rear end of the slide 172 has driven gage devices for cooperation with one work into it a headed pin 180, the head whereof sheet to position it denominationally lengthoverlaps slightly t e rear face of the slide wise of the platen, said devices being sep- 7 while said slide 173 in turn has on its arately settable to vary the position of the rear end a headed pin 181 which overlaps paper lengthwise of the platen, and a sepslightly the slide 174. As a result if all the arate side gage for cooperation with another slides are in rearmost posltlon, as in Fi 1, work sheet. and it be desired to render the bar 170 oper- 3. In a typewriting machine, the combinaative as a side gage, it is only necessary to tion of a platen, and denominational side 109 press or pull forward the 100 button 179. gage devices comprising a plurality of gages this is done the head of the pin or stops arranged side by side and having will pick up the slide 17 3 and the head of the an unvarying relationship with each other pin 181 wi l thereupon pick up the slide 174c lengthwise of the platen, said gages being so that all three slides will be simultaneously adapted to cooperate separately with the moved forward. Similarly the actuation side edges of work sheets, as they are introof the 10 button 17 9 will operate to move duced to vary the relationship between the forward simultaneously the slides 173 and work sheets and the platen. 174. A similar function will be exercised by 4. n a typewriting machine, the combina- 1 p the devices 180 and 181 if all of the slides tion of a platen, and denominational side are forward in operative position. For exgage devices for cooperation with the side ample, a rearward push applied to the 1 edges of work sheets as they are introduced key will be transmitted through the pin 181 into the machine comprising separate gages to the slide 17 3 and thence through the pin or stops movable transversely of the platen, V 180 to the slide 172, causing all three slides the relationship of said gages to each other 113 to move rearward. considered lengthwise of the platen always It will be observed that I provide a set of remaining constant. denominational side gages, stops or guides 5. n a typewriting machine, the combinawhich are arranged in a permanent group so tion of a platen, and a side gage arranged on that their distance from each other lengththe forward side thereof and movable in a 1 wise of the platen is always permanent or straight path transversely of the platen into constant, said gages being fixedly spaced and out of position for cooperation with the are separately key controlled, these ga es at the front of the machine.

eing arranged side-by-side and slidably; 6. In a typewriting machine, the combinamounted so that they may be moved into and tion of a platen, and denominational side out of operative position transversely of the gage devices comprising a plurality of gages platen; that said gages are so located in re arranged a letter space distance apart and with the side edges separately cooperative are introduced into of work sheets as they the machine to determine the relationship between said work sheets and the platen.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, and denominational side gage devices comprising a plurality of separate slidable gages and guiding means therefor, each gage provided with a finger piece by which it may be separately set in and out of position to cooperate with the side edges of work sheets when introduced into the machine to determine the relationship between said work sheets and the platen, considered lengthwise of the latter.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, denominational side gage devices comprising a plurality of separate gages each provided with a finger piece by which the associate gage may be separately set in and out of position to cooperate with the side edges of work sheets when introduced into the machine to determine the relationship between said work sheets and the platen, considered lengthwise of the latter, and means for enabling each finger piece to actuate a plurality of gages.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, and a plurality of side gages arranged a letter space distance apart and movable transversely of the platen to cooperate separately with the side edges of work sheets when introduced into the machine to determine the relationship of the work sheets with the platen, the relationship of the gages in respect to each other, considered lengthwise of the platen, always remaining constant.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, aplurality of side gages arranged a letter space distance apart and movable transversely of the platen, and a side gage adjustable lengthwise of the platen.

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a carriage, and a set of stops or blades arranged at one end of the platen and separately movable transversely of the platen to facilitate the introduction of a work sheet at the front side of the platen in proper denominational position, the relationship of said blades lengthwise of the platen always remaining constant.

12. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen and a plurality of independently key controlled denominational side gages or guides for cooperation wit the side edge of a work sheet to determine its relationship with the platen, the relationship of said gages in respect to each other and considered lengthwise of the platen always remaining constant.

13. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, denominational side gages arranged side by side, and frictional devices interposed between said gages.

l l. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a plurality of side gages or stops arranged side by side, spring plates separating said gages, and means for holding said plates against movement when said gages are adjusted.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a plurality of side gages or stops arranged side by side for cooperation with work sheets when introduced into the machine, said gages having a constant relationship, considered lengthwise of the platen, and finger pieces or keys for each of said gages.

16. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a plurality of stop lades arranged side by side and each provided with a separate finger piece or key, and means for connecting said blades so that one key may move a plurality of said blades, said blades being adapted to cooperate with the side edges of work sheets when introduced into the machine to determine the relationship of said work sheets with the platen.

17. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a plurality of stop blades arranged side by side and each provided with a separate finger piece or key, and a pin mounted on the end of one blade and overlapping the end of another blade, said blades being adapted to cooperate with the side edges of work sheets when introduced into the machine to determine the re lationship of platen.

18. In a typewriting bination of a platen, and a plurality o gages or stops arranged denominationally in a permanent group and adapted for separate cooperation with the side edges of work sheets to determine the relationship of said work sheets in respect to the platen, considered lengthwise of the platen.

19. In a. typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, and a plurality of gages or stops arranged denominationally in a permanent group and adapted for separate cooperation with the side edges of work sheets when introduced from the front of the machine to determine their relationship in respect to the platen considered lengthwise of the platen, each of said gages being provided with an indicating device.

20. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a carriage, a bar on said carriage, guide screws carried by said bar, slotted gage blades mounted on sai screws, and friction springs interposed between said blades.

21. In a typewriting machine,

machine, the comthe comsaid work sheets with the bination with a platen, of a group of adof New York, in the county of New York, justable side edge gages denolninationally and State of New York, this 13th day of spaced apart and arranged at the front side November, A. D. 1916.

of the platen and adapted to cooperate With ARTHUR W. SMITH. sheets introduced at the front side of the Witnesses: platen. E. M. WELLS,

Signed at the borough of Manhattan, city CHARLES E. SMITH.

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